Carpet-cleaner.



C. N. ALLEN.

CARPET CLEANER. APP LICATION FILED FEB. I0v I915.

1,164,904, Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1915.

Patented Dec. 21,1915.

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CLAUDE N ALLEN, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known 7 it 1,;Cnauon N. ALLEN, a citizen of the nited States, residing at Michigan City, in the county of Laporte.

and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carpet-cleaners and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient beater which may be transported from place to place conveniently and operated torapidly and thoroughly clean the carpet of all the dust and dirt.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a device of this Character wherein the beater may be operated upon a carpet lying upon the ground or other fiat surface while ,the operator occupies a standing po-- sition, thus avoiding any steeping and rendering the work less arduous.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing,

which forms a part of this application, and

in which v I Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 IS 'a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. L is a detail sectional View taken on the line' over the carpet. Secured to and projecting shaft 5 projecting through one of the'side above the base are'separated side plates 3 connected together at one end by a cross bar a in which plates is journaledtheldriven plates where it has secured thereto adisk 6. This disk carries a pair of separated clamping devices 7 "between which the handle end of.an ordinary carpetabeater 8 is secured.

Referring more particularly to the drawxsaid shafts, and means for oscillating said Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec; 21, 1915. Application filed February 10, 1915. Serial No. 7,396.

Keyed to the shaft is a pinion 9 in mesh with the gear 1Q arranged upon the driving sl1aft-11 journaled in a frame 12 which is mounted upon shaft'brackets 13 carried by.

the shaft 5 This frame is constructed of separated side members joined together at one end by the sleeve bolt 14 and supported at its opposite end by a hanger 15 depending.

from the cross bar 4:. The gear 10 has secured to it an operating handle 16, as shown, which when oscillated from side to side Will rotate the shaft 5 and forcibly move the ment of thehandle. The handle is preferconstructed of adjustably connected sections so that the operator may manipulate the same when either in a sitting position or standing. By forcibly moving the handle back and forth, as will be readily understood, the free endofthe beater will slap the carpet or other article to be cleaned,

thereby knocking the dust or dirt from the beaterin a direction opposite to-the movesaid supports, a shaft journaled in the frame, an intergeared connection between second shaft. 2. In a carpet cleaner, a portable base, a

horizontally positioned. oscillatable' shaft mounted upon the base, means for connecting the beater at right angles to the shaft,

means carried by the oscillatable shaft for oscillating the same and means for preventing rotation of said means with the shaft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I v

, CLAUDE N. ALLEN.

iVitnesses: i

C. TAYLOR, WALTER SCHARNBERG. 

